| My program compiles after an onerous redactoring | elation |
| People add meetings to my calendar to talk through deliverables they haven't thought through or locked down yet | like my precious focus time is being wasted |
| Another developer says something I created was helpful to them | like a link in a long chain stretching from the past into the future |
| Someone downloads my code, tool or package | absolutely victorious |
| I ship something important | A mixture of satisfaction, hope and dread that I've missed something critical |
| My pull request is merged | absolutely victorious |
